UAE warns of restrictions for unvaccinated as doses near landmark
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) -- The UAE announced Wednesday it had given nearly 10 million vaccine doses, equal to…
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Sinkholes fill Turkey’s breadbasket in drought
by Raziye Akkoc KARAPINAR, Turkey (AFP) -- Sinkholes wide enough to swallow a bus dot the drought-stricken breadbasket of the…
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India posts global record of 315,000 daily Covid cases
by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India posted a global record of almost 315,000 new Covid infections on…
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22 Covid patients die in India after oxygen supply disrupted
MUMBAI, India (AFP) -- Twenty-two Covid-19 patients at a hospital in India were killed on Wednesday when the oxygen supply…
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SKorea’s Moon urges Biden to engage directly with NKorea
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in urged Joe Biden to open up talks with North Korea…
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Deadly blast at Pakistan hotel hosting China ambassador: official
QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) -- At least four people were killed and a dozen others wounded when a bomb exploded at…
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Junta attacks displace nearly 250,000 people in Myanmar: UN envoy
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- The Myanmar military junta's crackdown on anti-coup protesters has displaced close to a quarter of a…
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Syria’s Idlib to get first batch of Covid-19 vaccines
BAB AL-HAWA, Syria (AFP) -- A first batch of Covid-19 vaccine doses was expected to arrive Wednesday in war-torn northwestern…
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Russian government’s main task is to boost incomes: Putin
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- President Vladimir Putin, whose United Russia party is deeply unpopular ahead of September elections, said Wednesday…
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Putin vows Russia will fight climate change
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday vowed that Russia, one of the world's oil and gas producing…
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